Rock Collecting

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

So now that the magic boulder is technically back, it's time to do some SCIENCE!

Basically, post your brand new Magic Boulder encounters here, and maybe we can answer some important questions...

(or use my method, track a bunch of asteroids and use hyperedit to teleport to them, one by one...)

What colors do they come in?

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KNOWN COLORS:

Orange: 2 (somebody else found this and I'm jealous b/c that's my favorite color)

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XxDARKWOLF67Xx:

Astrofox: N/A

Sea-Green: 2 (FIRST SIGHTING)

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Discovery image (Alberto De Beni):

MoeslyArmlis:

 

Pink: 4 (technically I discovered this boulder color, shouldn't I be famous for that? )

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My encounters:

Frybert: N/A

Just Jim:

Purple: 3

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CliftonM:

ProtoJeb21:

Barney: No pictures yet

Purple Dude: No pictures yet

Green: 1 (thank goodness, it's the original color)

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Just Jim:

Blue-Cyan-whateverish: 1 (my second color discovery, technically)

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My encounter:

ProtoJeb21:

 

Jool-Green: 2 NOT SURE IF THIS IS AN ACTUAL COLOR OR NOT, PUTTING IT HERE ANYWAYS (might be green against darker surfaces)

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Just Jim:

ProtoJeb21:

 

Beige/tan: 1

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ProtoJeb21:

 

Are there any more colors? I guess we'll find out...

 

What is the chance of an asteroid being a magic boulder? How often do they spawn?

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My estimate (based off observation) ~1/22

CliftonM estimate: ~1/29

ProtoJeb21 estimate (PROBABLY MOST ACCURATE): ~1/20

Poll-based estimate: IDK

What other questions could we ask here?

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IDK

Look at me still talking when there's SCIENCE to do... let's, um, do SCIENCE, I guess...

Edited July 1, 2016 by ThatGuyWithALongUsername
CliftonM estimate

[Guest]

I got a purple one.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[Mr. Quark]

Nice... I want to find one... I'm bad at finding stuff... Or maneuvering... Or anything that has to do with meeting anything

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

8 minutes ago, CliftonM said:

I got a purple one.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Ooh- got any pictures?

I'll add purple to the list a little later.

3 minutes ago, Mr. Quark said:

Nice... I want to find one... I'm bad at finding stuff... Or maneuvering... Or anything that has to do with meeting anything

Just use Hyperedit 

Edited June 23, 2016 by ThatGuyWithALongUsername

[Mr. Quark]

I feel so rushed now... I don't know why.

I shouldn't fell rushed now right?

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[legoclone09]

I've never even seen an asteroid out of the tutorial/scenario for it.

[Mr. Quark]

me too

 

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

8 minutes ago, legoclone09 said:

I've never even seen an asteroid out of the tutorial/scenario for it.

 

7 minutes ago, Mr. Quark said:

me too

 

Honestly I haven't really either until now...

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, ThatGuyWithALongUsername said:

Ooh- got any pictures?

I sure do!

[Mr. Quark]

I'M EXTREMELY RUSHED NOW!

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

14 minutes ago, Mr. Quark said:

I feel so rushed now... I don't know why.

I shouldn't fell rushed now right?

\

 

1 minute ago, Mr. Quark said:

I'M EXTREMELY RUSHED NOW!

Oh, and your purchase of KSP will be deleted if you don't find anything in the next 5 minutes. No pressure. 

[Mr. Quark]

Yeah, but I want to find something, And why are most of the asteroids in a kerbin orbit? Or near kerbin

[Guest]

Just now, Mr. Quark said:

Yeah, but I want to find something, And why are most of the asteroids in a kerbin orbit? Or near kerbin

We're using HyperEdit.  

[Mr. Quark]

So yall bring it into Kerbin orbit?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Mr. Quark said:

So yall bring it into Kerbin orbit?

We hyperedit a bunch of them into orbit within the vessel switch range so we can quickly check.

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

Just now, Mr. Quark said:

So yall bring it into Kerbin orbit?

Yup. This is what I did to find them:

it turned out to be unnecessary, because I used the rendezvous tool to... hop around.

1 minute ago, CliftonM said:

We hyperedit a bunch of them into orbit within the vessel switch range so we can quickly check.

Darn! That's quicker, isn't it?

[Mr. Quark]

What is the average distance away? As in how much meters/metre's do you put in  on hyperedit?

So confusing!

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

Just now, Mr. Quark said:

What is the average distance away? As in how much meters/metre's do you put in  on hyperedit?

I just set them all to a 100 Kilometer orbit around Kerbin (100000m, obviously).

I'm kind of confused what you're asking...

[Mr. Quark]

How much distance are they spaced?

And... How do you space them?

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

17 minutes ago, CliftonM said:

I sure do!

Stupid question, I know, but how did you make the image able to be clicked on to show the full size? HOW? 

[Mr. Quark]

I think I hit some type of Kraken?

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

1 minute ago, Mr. Quark said:

How much distance are they spaced?

And... How do you space them?

just... apart. Really, just eyeball it.

Use the graphical thingy on Hyperedit, and then tweak the numbers.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, ThatGuyWithALongUsername said:

Stupid question, I know, but how did you make the image able to be clicked on to show the full size? HOW? 

It's automatic.

1 minute ago, Mr. Quark said:

I think I hit some type of Kraken?

What?

[ThatGuyWithALongUsername]

Just now, CliftonM said:

It's automatic.

Weird, it didn't do it in the OP and I had to scale them down.

Is it just me, or are these tooltips starting to get annoying?

[Mr. Quark]

Non literally of course, I started a game, loaded, and at the ksc I am at an angle and I can't move or click anything, when I try to exit to menu around 1/10 times I can, but sometimes it doesn't.